Heather Patterson -- Smile More, Stress Less!

Triple Latte Leadership

• Show Notes -

Podcast Summary:

In this episode Joe welcomes Heather Patterson, a happiness coach and consultant. Heather talks about her work in helping people find happiness through coaching and consultation. Listen as Heather shares parts of her free guide, 5 Simple Strategies That You Can Adopt For Creating More Happiness in Your Life, and the life that she now leads after taking the entrepreneurial leap.  NOTE:  The 5 Simple Strategies That You Can Adopt For Creating More Happiness in Your Life is available by emailing Heather.  

Covered Topics:

• Heather’s Work
• Her FREE Guide to Happiness (available via email)
• Heather’s Entrepreneurial Leap
• Joe and Heather’s Influences
• Leadership and Followership

Podcast Show Notes:

• 00:35 – Joe introduces Heather
• 01:18 – Heather talks about how she knows Joe
  • Hawaii background
• 03:35 – What Heather offers
  • Joining Associations
  • One-on-one/group coaching
  • Consulting
  • Retreat facilitation
• 05:24 – Grab Heather’s FREE Guide: 5 Simple Strategies That You Can Adopt For Creating More Happiness in Your Life by EMAILING Heather at smile@heatherpatterson.com
  • First strategy: Greet the Day with Gusto
  • Second, Use a Success List
  • Third, Praising and Recognizing People
• 09:25 – Heather’s leap to Entrepreneurship
  • Her work in HR
  • Realizing her techniques translate
  • Trajectory to happiness
• 11:26 – Resources that influenced Joe
  • Franklin Planner
  • Think and Grow Rich
  • Tony Robbins
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
  • The 8th Habit
  • Jack Canfield
  • Good to Great
• 13:47 – Heather’s share of resources
  • The Oz Principle was a game-changer for Heather
  • The Happiness Advantage
  • Brene Brown
• 17:04 – There is no perfect leader
  • Are you effective?
  • Followership
  • Effective leaders are in-tuned followers
• 18:53 – Joe’s informal influences
  • 3 significant cleaning ladies
• 21:28 – Heather’s informal influences come from children
  • The biggest lesson: When you feel love, simply express it
• 23:41 – Connect with Heather on Facebook, Instagram, and on her website

Topic Takeaways:

• It’s you call to set each day’s mood — if you want a happy day, show up happy.
• Personal responsibility is the cornerstone of creating a happy life.
• There are no perfect leaders. The ones who are effective in leadership are in-tuned followers themselves.

Quotable Quotes:

• “If we want a happy day, we have to show up in a happy way.”
• “There’s no such thing as a perfect leader.”
• “In order to be a leader, you do need to have a follower.”
• “When you feel love, simply express it.”

Mentioned Resources:

• Franklin Planner, Think and Grow Rich, Tony Robbins, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 8th Habit, Jack Canfield, and Good to Great – Joe’s formal influences
• The Oz Principle, The Happiness Advantage, and Brene Brown – Heather’s formal influences